NBC Just Made A Big Announcement About Trump – Then Rubbed Salt In The Wound

Those were the two words uttered by NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt when a reporter asked if presidential candidate Donald Trump could go back to hosting the hit show Celebrity Apprentice if his bid for the U.S. presidency doesn’t pan out.

Greenblatt said the show is currently off the air for the next season, but NBC is searching for a new host and the network plans on bringing the show back when a suitable host is found. He said several are interested in the job and the new host could be a woman next time around.

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“I think we have every chance of continuing ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ with a new host,” he said.

The network executive had nothing but nice things to say about Trump as the show’s host and insisted there wasn’t any type of feud between the network and the billionaire.

“He is a lovely guy. He was very much a collaborator and worked with us closely on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ and, you know, there’s a really effusive great guy. We weren’t in any sort of adversarial position,” Greenblatt said.

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Trump had plenty to say early in his campaign when NBC cut ties with him in June. The relationship ended after the presidential candidate began talking about illegal immigration, specifically about how Mexico’s government was sending criminals into the United States over the Mexican border.

“If NBC is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States, coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court. Furthermore, they will stand behind lying Brian Williams, but won’t stand behind people that tell it like it is, as unpleasant as that may be,” Trump said.

News anchor Brian Williams was suspended for six months after it was discovered he had lied about being in a helicopter that crashed under enemy fire while reporting on the Iraq War in 2003. His suspension ended Aug. 12 and he will serve as a breaking news anchor on MSNBC.

After Trump’s comments regarding illegal immigration, NBC canceled airtime for the Miss USA and the Miss Universe pageants, which are under the Miss Universe Organization co-owned by Trump and NBCUniversal. Univision also didn’t air the pageant. The Miss USA pageant was picked up by REELZ.